OK ALL, NEED HELP BADLY, THINGS WERE BGOING PRETTY GOOD FOR THE PLANK SHEER AND THE FIRST 3 PLANKS, THEN THE TURN OF THE BILGE, OH, OH, NOT DISASTER BUT CLOSE SPENT ALMOST 4 DAYS TRYING DIFFERENT MEANS AND WAYS BAD, VERY BAD, IF I GOT THE BOW FITTED THE STERN WAS TERRIBLE AND REVERSE, NOT TO MENTION WASTED MATERIAL, STOPPED FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS AND DID THE CAP RAILS AND OTHER DETAILS, JUST TO CLEAR MY MIND, TODAY TRIED AGAIN, CAME UP WITH THIS, DO NOT KNOW WHY OR HOW, BUT SEEMED LIKE I HAVE IT PRETTY CLOSE, WILL FIND SOME OLD TIMBER LYING AROUND AND DO A SAMPLE CAN SOME ONE HELP, MIKE SHANKS WAS CORRECT AS USUAL, THIS IS NOT A EASY BUILD, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AS AV FILLER WAITING ON OTHERS, IT IS NOT REPEAT NOT AN EASY BUILD BY ANY MEANS, NOW I KNOW WHY THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE KIT SUPPLYED MATERIALS ARE SUCH SHORT LENGTHS, SO FAR IF I CAN GET THE REST OF THE PLANKING DONE ONLY 2 MORE OF THE TOP PLANKS TO GO, I WOULD BE SATIS FIED AS THIS I9S BETTER THEN WHAT THE INSTRUCTION SHOW. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE DON